Day 6
WHAT ARE YOU DEPENDING ON AND WHOM ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
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T e Mysterious Stomachache T at God Wants You to Have
ids are not afraid to show dependence—another aspect of humil- ity. T ey are willingly dependent upon their parents. I remember
my daughter’s fi rst sleepover at a friend’s house. My wife and I had been expecting it, and went through all the preparations, such as talking to her friend’s parents. I felt a tinge of sadness as we dropped Jenni off — my daughter was growing up and didn’t need me anymore. Jeanne explained there was a good chance Jenni wouldn’t make it through the night. She said Jenni might get homesick and we’d get a late-night call to pick her up. Shortly after 10:00 p.m. the other mother called; Jenni had a
stomachache and wanted to come home. Was I relieved! Jeanne just smiled as I jumped in the car anxious to retrieve my daughter. Jenni’s stomachache miraculously disappeared as soon as we got home, and I selfi shly felt a little better knowing she wasn’t yet ready to spend a night away from home. T at’s the kind of dependence God wants us to have on Him—He
desires us to spend time with Him and to be afraid when we’re away from His side. We, on the other hand, willingly spend a lot of our time apart from God. When things are going okay, we seem to forget about Him. We’ll call from time to time to check in, but often we wait until we get into trouble and then cry out for God like little children. God waits and answers, yet yearns for us to depend on Him more completely, as our heavenly Father. He longs for us to be continually dependent on Him, just as He wanted the Jewish people to depend on Him.
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